Arbitrator orders Washington Post to reinstate Attiah after social-media controversy
TL;DR
An arbitrator ruled the Washington Post violated union protections by firing opinion columnist Karen Attiah over social-media posts about Charlie Kirk and ordered the paper to reinstate her and pay back wages, finding her comments within her professional mandate and the firing four hours after learning of the posts was disproportionate—even as the Post cites security and editorial integrity concerns.
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